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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
cream cheese - cream or butter
apple is higher risk than a pear
6 oz. a day
2. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
18-25
3. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
B and C
one week period
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
protein and fat
4. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
liver and intestinal synthesis
B and C
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
5. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
atrophy or wasting of muscle
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
dairy and fortified foods
6. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
milk - enriched grains
antioxidant - immune function
TPN total parenteral nutrition
decrease in total lymphocyte count
7. What is RDA of protein?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
protein
8. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
fat soluble vitamins
4 calories/gram
dark green - orange - drybeans
9. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
atrophy or wasting of muscle
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
10. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
6 oz. a day
300 cal/day increase
4 calories/gram
11. What does DASH stand for?
albumin levels
dietary approach to stop hypertension
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
hemoglobin
12. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
trans fatty acid
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
can consume more calories without weight gain
13. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
300 cal/day increase
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
rickets - osteomalacia
500 cal/day
14. What are healthy sources of fats?
hemorrhage
fats
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
2.5 cups
15. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
2 cups
day week or month
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
essential amino acids
16. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
6 oz. a day
300 cal/day increase
diet recall
review of systems
17. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
hemoglobin
essential amino acids
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
cream cheese - cream or butter
18. Where can you get more vitamin D?
can consume more calories without weight gain
transferrin
dairy and fortified foods
300 cal/day increase
19. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
atrophy or wasting of muscle
decrease in total lymphocyte count
5.5 ounces/day
can consume more calories without weight gain
20. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
5.5 ounces/day
apple is higher risk than a pear
dark green - orange - drybeans
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
21. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
low albumin levels < 3.4
4 calories/gram
antioxidant - immune function
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
22. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
day week or month
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fats
milk - enriched grains
23. What foods have high quality protein?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
5.5 ounces/day
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
24. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
one tspn salt or less
atrophy or wasting of muscle
milk - enriched grains
dark green - orange - drybeans
25. What function is vitamin D?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
protein
prealbumin levels
26. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
fats
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
27. What is normal albumin levels?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
atrophy or wasting of muscle
protein
28. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
day week or month
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
protein
29. Name six sources of grains
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein and fat
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
30. What function is vitamin A?
500 cal/day
rickets - osteomalacia
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
300 cal/day increase
31. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
32. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
dark green - orange - drybeans
atrophy or wasting of muscle
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
33. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
B and C
apple is higher risk than a pear
vitamin K
transferrin
34. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
35. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
transferrin
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
review of systems
36. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
protein
4 calories/gram
liver and intestinal synthesis
cream cheese - cream or butter
37. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
can consume more calories without weight gain
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
38. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
2 cups
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
review of systems
essential amino acids
39. What is normal BMI?
300 cal/day increase
dairy and fortified foods
18-25
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
40. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
18-25
milk - enriched grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
review of systems
41. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
5.5 ounces/day
dark green - orange - drybeans
carrots and sweet potatoes
42. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
B and C
4 calories/gram
43. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
5.5 ounces/day
hemorrhage
protein
44. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
hemorrhage
hemoglobin
one week period
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
45. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
milk - enriched grains
300 cal/day increase
dairy and fortified foods
500 cal/day
46. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
albumin levels
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
diet recall
47. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
transferrin
hemorrhage
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
48. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
diet recall
49. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
pregnant women or elderly
fat soluble vitamins
50. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
low albumin levels < 3.4
vitamin K
hemorrhage
300 cal/day increase